Discuss Stumpy and the Auld Sapper in The NAAFI Bar on The Army Rumour Service; Made a point of not reading the " Stumpy and Auld Sapper " thread over the past few days until I had got my copy in case of accidental " spoilers " and last night ...
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Made a point of not reading the " Stumpy and Auld Sapper " thread over the past few days until I had got my copy in case of accidental " spoilers " and last night opened this ...
What are you reading right now?
it was nearly a case of baaaaaaaastards but fortunately smartascarrots disclosed nothing detailed about the content ..... then my copy arrived today .... hope the Press Reviews result in many reprints ... and now I am off to read for a while .Last edited by Border_Reiver; 16-06-2012 at 10:16.
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those who don't know they don't know .
- 16-06-2012, 10:25 #1082
[QUOTE=Auld_Sapper;4460029]Just been raking through my file system ( box in the spare room) and came across some paperwork from long, long ago and found a kind of diary thing which is basically dribbling pish but in the back I found a list of the various units me and the psychopathic, epileptic, civvy hating poison dwarf worked with. There's quite a few and sadly a lot of them don't exist any more. They're not in any particular order and were included on the list if we searched with them or had at least one session on the pish together."
(List cut)
God, this could last longer than Flashman . . . come to think of it: "Flashman and Stumpy on the road to Mandalay". Hell, I'd pay a couple of quid just for the book cover.Auld_Sapper likes this.
- 16-06-2012, 11:00 #1083In a few years I suspect there will be a few hundred people who "were there" on that fateful night?
Originally Posted by johnboyzzz 
Mine arrived yesterday and a proper smart piece of design and production it is. Looking forward to reading it like a proper book (the review copy was electronic). I could have sworn I asked for "Marry me lovely Iron Duke" as my dedication but it would seem I asked for "You ruined my life you little fucking bitch". Strange.
It is looking good between The Philosophy of the Urban Guerrilla by Abraham Guillen and Black Cross by Al Tanzim until I decide if it belongs in British history, military history, humour or animal husbandry.Auld_Sapper likes this.If I hate blue Smarties does that make me a racist?
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- 16-06-2012, 13:00 #1084Junior Member
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Got my copy yesterday and couldnt put it down, 17yrs since I left the "pet corp" and it took me straight back to the joys of Melton / Balykelly and a unit of lads that took the mickey out of everything, especially us in the RAVC. Brilliant book well done Derms
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Still no book here. Think the whole thing is an enormous WAH!
And this you can see is the bolt. The purpose of this
Is to open the breech, as you see. We can slide it
Rapidly backwards and forwards: we call this
Easing the spring. And rapidly backwards and forwards
The early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers:
They call it easing the Spring.
They call it easing the Spring: it is perfectly easy
If you have any strength in your thumb: like the bolt,
And the breech, and the cocking-piece, and the point of balance,
Which in our case we have not got; and the almond-blossom
Silent in all of the gardens and the bees going backwards and forwards,
For today we have naming of parts.
Henry Reed
Proving that nothing has changed since World War Two
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No! Really. If you want to PM me, I could lend you one of my TWO copies, before I post them off Originally Posted by Grownup_Rafbrat 
Nutstrangler and Auld_Sapper like this."It is the duty of the dog owner to try to be the great man his dog thinks he is". ("soldernut" 01OCT2010).
"Happiness is not a destination, it is a manner of traveling". (“texas_titans” 11DEC2010).
"You really do have to wonder how much you would have to hate, indeed loathe, your culture, your country and your fellow citizens, before you would even contemplate something like . . . Labour's conspiracy for mass immigration". ("Jaeger", ARRSE, 23OCT2009).
- 16-06-2012, 15:32 #1087Senior Member
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Now that's class... Originally Posted by The_Snail Now this is a dedication:
The Auld_Soak is officially a leg-end It's a fine line between bravery and stupidity...
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[QUOTE=RCT(V);4460788]No! Really. If you want to PM me, I could lend you one of my TWO copies, before I post them off
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Greedy cnut! Giz one please mate...pretty please,pretty pretty please. Auld_Sapper likes this.
- 16-06-2012, 16:27 #1089 Originally Posted by TheIronDuke
Batsard!!! New keyboard !!!
Ubique ya bass !
- 16-06-2012, 16:32 #1090She's still not posted the rest of the fcuking dedication!! Context and all that !! Ye've got 24 hours to post it Sluggy or I will. If I can remember it! Batasard Indian Resturants in Buxton and their Cobra beer !! Originally Posted by techno-spastic Now that's class...
The Auld_Soak is officially a leg-end
Ubique ya bass !
PS You any better or are ye deed yet kiddo?techno-spastic likes this.
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